Lesa Catt arrived at her Puyallup jewelry store the morning of June 2 to find the police waiting. The home loan business next door had been broken into, and it appeared whoever had done that had also gained access to Catt’s Gold Definition...

Everybody has their off days, and David Lovrak has had his. The Pierce County Law Enforcement Support Agency call-taker recently was lambasted for not recognizing the severity of a 911 call he handled from a case worker standing outside Josh Pow...

Firearm background checks are supposed to prevent spouse abusers from buying rifles.
But because of computer compatibility problems, thousands of the checks in Pierce County might not have worked between December 2000 and July 2002.
It'...

Federal and state law enforcement officials were trying to figure out Friday how sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad foiled a background check that should have kept him from buying the rifle believed used in the murderous spree.
The 41-year-ol...